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AntiNulled_

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Registered: 2017-06-13

Posts: 1

Steam not working.

Hi! I'm somewhat new to Arch Linux and maybe have done the installation the wrong way. First, I enabled the multilib repo and then used

sudo pacman -S steam

to install Steam. The problem is that every time I try to run steam in the terminal, it spits out this error:

Repairing installation, linking /home/brian/.steam/steam to /home/brian/.local/share/Steam
/home/brian/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 154: VERSION_ID: unbound variable
/home/brian/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 154: VERSION_ID: unbound variable
Running Steam on arch  64-bit
/home/brian/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 154: VERSION_ID: unbound variable
STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/$LIB/libgpg-error.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(0)
No protocol specified
No protocol specified
Assert( Assertion Failed: Could not open connection to X ):../steamexe/updateui_xwin.cpp:339

sh: /home/brian/.local/share/Steam/steam_msg.sh: No such file or directory
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1.0)
ERROR: ld.so: object '/usr/$LIB/libgpg-error.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.
crash_20170613154119_3.dmp[3551]: Uploading dump (out-of-process)
/tmp/dumps/crash_20170613154119_3.dmp
crash_20170613154119_3.dmp[3551]: Finished uploading minidump (out-of-process): success = no
crash_20170613154119_3.dmp[3551]: error: libcurl.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
crash_20170613154119_3.dmp[3551]: file ''/tmp/dumps/crash_20170613154119_3.dmp'', upload no: ''libcurl.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory''
ILocalize::AddFile() failed to load file "public/steambootstrapper_english.txt".
[2017-06-13 15:41:19] Startup - updater built Nov 23 2016 01:05:42
../steamexe/updateui_xwin.cpp (339) : Assertion Failed: Could not open connection to X
../steamexe/main.cpp (525) : Assertion Failed: failed to initialize update status ui, or create initial window
/home/brian/.local/share/Steam/steam.sh: line 444: no match: ssfn*

I don't really understand why. Maybe some of you can help me. I'd be really grateful for your help.

Important specs that my have something to do with the error:
CPU - I7-6700k
GPU - Nvidia GTX 1070ti

c00ter

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From: Alaskan in Washington State

Registered: 2014-08-28

Posts: 421

Re: Steam not working.

You should probably also install steam-native-runtime.

#resist

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svnset

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Registered: 2016-07-31

Posts: 75

Re: Steam not working.

You should first consult the wiki. About Steam there are tons of troubleshooting articles like Steam runtime issues.

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zerophase

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Registered: 2015-09-03

Posts: 239

Re: Steam not working.

Are you running the steam beta updates? I think even the steam runtime version needs some gtk packages as a dependency, for the beta updates.

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam- … ssues/4893

Last edited by zerophase (2017-06-14 05:38:16)